20 MONAND. MONOG. 9 .Myrorina. lo.Maranta. ii. Curcuma. 
So'- th Amcr ca. Jac^. icon* ter* 
rimpie, pubcic.nt; fh.u hirg. pubefeent both fidcs: 
Jp.ke terminal : red : co„.l ydl-^. : ydl.w, trun- 
cate, 4 toothed; kra.ic. red, longer than the flovver. 
cccidtnulh. Raceme radical, compound, crea: nedary notched at the 
tip. capfuIe^ ^ celkd; leaves lanceolate-ovate, glabrous* 
jam.*iCd atiU Sc, Domingo. BronvH Jam. p. 1 1 
9* ROSAIA. Ciilyx double, the outer ^ leaved, 
inner 3 parted: ccrol 5-partea, irregulai : (a^fule 
3 cornered, 3 celled, many-lceded. 
eannafor- M Y R O s M A . 
Suiinani. growing like the Canna : mr fl; flic, ovate ! 
leaves oval, fmooth, veined : raceme like the ament of a hop, 
imbricate iviih alternate leaks of the bradlts : traties 2- 
Icavsd, 2-flovvered, 
10 MARANTA. Calyx 3-leaved: corol 3 cleft: 
ncClary 3 parted, the third dlvifion bearing the 
anther on its upper fide. 
Culm branched, herbaceous: leaves ovate- lanceolate, 
nightly hairy underneath. 
Wvll Indies, isioanejam. \.. t . \ s,q. f. i. Mart, cent . t 39. 
Ruot flLihy, creeping, knotiy ; Jlu^ers white, tormina], in loofe 
but'clies: capjuU \ keded, 
TtiC root pounded and hleathed, is the Indian drronx} root. 
Tonchat. Culm branched, (hrubby: leavc.s ovate, glabrous. 
India anu Cochlr.china. Rt.mph. Amb. 4./. 22. t. 7. 
Root creeping, tnoertled : iea-ves alternate : fiovoers white. 
tnalaccensis. Qulm fimple: leaves oblouG;, petiolcd, filkv-pubtfcetU un- 
derneath. 
Malai ca. Rntnph. .Atith. i^.p.iyj. fab, 71 
A doubtful plant, allied to collus malacc. ol Kanig. 
comosa. Stemlefs: fcape fpiked, cotnofe, kafits of the coma rc- 
fledled. 
Suruiam; and perhaps may confitute a new Genus. 
Leaves radical ; fc pe leaflet: Jiovjers kliik, 
II. CURCUMA. Ctr^A; bifid: rt're/ 4-parted : neC' 
tary 3-lobet. : anther 2-lpurred at the bafe. 
i-otmda. Leaves lanceolate-ovate, with very few lateral nerves. 
Indui. Rhecdt McL, 1 1, lo. Rumph, Anib^ /. 67? 
Root an ovate bulb: iUmo'* J'^^ers Ipikcd, pdlc. 
